1 Peter 4:12

4:12 Dear friends, do not be astonished ¹  that a trial by fire is occurring among you, ²  as though something strange were happening to you.

1 Peter 5:2

5:2 Give a shepherd’s care to ³  God’s flock among you, exercising oversight ⁴  not merely as a duty ⁵  but willingly under God’s direction, ⁶  not for shameful profit but eagerly.

1 Peter 5:14

5:14 Greet one another with a loving kiss. ⁷  Peace to all of you who are in Christ. ⁸ 

1 Peter 1:12

1:12 They were shown ⁹  that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven – things angels long to catch a glimpse of.

1 Peter 1:2

1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by being set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling ¹⁰  with Jesus Christ’s blood. May grace and peace be yours in full measure! ¹¹ 

1 Peter 1:13

1:13 Therefore, get your minds ready for action ¹²  by being fully sober, and set your hope ¹³  completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed. ¹⁴ 

1 Peter 2:7

2:7 So you who believe see ¹⁵  his value, ¹⁶  but for those who do not believe, the stone that the builders rejected has become the ¹⁷  cornerstone, ¹⁸ 

1 Peter 2:21

2:21 For to this you were called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving an example for you to follow in his steps.

1 Peter 5:1

Leading and Living in God’s Flock

5:1 So as your fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings and as one who shares in the glory that will be revealed, I urge the elders among you:

1 Peter 3:15

3:15 But set Christ ¹⁹  apart ²⁰  as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess. ²¹ 

1 Peter 5:12

Final Greetings

5:12 Through Silvanus, ²²  whom I know to be a faithful brother, ²³  I have written to you briefly, in order to encourage you and testify ²⁴  that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it. ²⁵ 

[4:12]  ¹ tn Or “do not be surprised, taken aback.” The same verb occurs in 4:4.

[4:12]  ² tn Grk “at the burning among you, occurring to you for testing.”

[5:2]  ³ tn Grk “shepherd,” “tend,” “pastor.”

[5:2]  ⁴ tc A few important mss (א* B sa) lack ἐπισκοποῦντες (episkopounte", “exercising oversight”), but the participle enjoys otherwise good ms support (Ì⁷² א² A P Ψ 33 1739 Ï lat). A decision is difficult because normally the shorter reading is preferred, especially when found in excellent witnesses. However, in this instance the omission may be due to a hesitation among some scribes to associate oversight with elders, since the later church viewed overseer/bishop as a separate office from elder.

[5:2]  ⁵ tn Or “not under compulsion/coercion.”

[5:2]  ⁶ tn Grk “according to God.”

[5:14]  ⁵ tn Grk “a kiss of love.”

[5:14]  ⁶ tc Most mss (א P 1739^c Ï) have ἀμήν (amen, “amen”) at the end of 1 Peter. Such a conclusion is routinely added by scribes to NT books because a few of these books originally had such an ending (cf. Rom 16:27; Gal 6:18; Jude 25). A majority of Greek witnesses have the concluding ἀμήν in every NT book except Acts, James, and 3 John (and even in these books, ἀμήν is found in some witnesses). It is thus a predictable variant. Further, the absence of such a conclusion to the epistle in such witnesses as A B Ψ 81 323 945 1241 1739* co seems inexplicable unless the word here is not authentic.

[1:12]  ⁷ tn Grk “to whom [pl.] it was revealed.”

[1:2]  ⁹ sn For obedience and for sprinkling indicates the purpose of their choice or election by God.

[1:2]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “be multiplied to you.”

[1:13]  ¹¹ tn Grk “binding up the loins of your mind,” a figure of speech drawn from the Middle Eastern practice of gathering up long robes around the waist to prepare for work or action.

[1:13]  ¹² tn Grk “having bound up…, being sober, set your hope…”

[1:13]  ¹³ tn Grk “at the revelation of Jesus Christ” (cf. v. 7).

[2:7]  ¹³ tn Grk “to you who believe is the value,” referring to their perception of the stone in contrast to those who reject (vv. 7b-8). But the expression may also be translated as “to you who believe is this honor,” referring to the lack of shame cited in v. 6b.

[2:7]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “the value” or “the honor,” but the former is preferred since it comes from the same root as “priceless” in vv. 4, 6, and it is in contrast to the negative estimate of the stone by those who reject (vv. 7b-8).

[2:7]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “the head of the corner.”

[2:7]  ¹⁶ sn A quotation from Ps 118:22 (cf. Matt 21:42; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17; Acts 4:11).

[3:15]  ¹⁵ tc Most later mss (P Ï) have θεόν (qeon, “God”) instead of Χριστόν (Criston; “Christ”) here. But Χριστόν is widely supported by excellent and early witnesses (Ì⁷² א A B C Ψ 33 1739 al latt sy co), and as a less common idiom better explains the rise of the other reading.

[3:15]  ¹⁶ tn Or “sanctify Christ as Lord.”

[3:15]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “the hope in you.”

[5:12]  ¹⁷ sn The phrase Through Silvanus means either that Silvanus was the secretary (amanuensis) who assisted Peter in writing or composing the letter (cf. Rom 16:22) or that he carried the letter to the churches. The latter sense is more likely since this is the meaning of the Greek wording when it is used elsewhere (cf. Acts 15:23; Ignatius, Letter to the Romans 10:1; Letter to the Philadelphians 11:2; Letter to the Smyrnaeans 12:1; Polycarp, Letter to the Philippians 14), though it is perhaps possible that both ideas could be incorporated by this expression. For a detailed argument regarding this issue, see E. R. Richards, “Silvanus Was Not Peter’s Secretary: Theological Bias in Interpreting διὰ Σιλουανοῦ…ἔγραψα,” JETS 43 (September 2000): 417-32.

[5:12]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “the faithful brother, as I think.”

[5:12]  ¹⁹ tn These are participles (“encouraging and testifying”) showing purpose. The pronoun object “you” is omitted in Greek but implied by the context.

[5:12]  ²⁰ tn Grk “in which stand fast.” For emphasis, and due to constraints of contemporary English, this was made a separate sentence in the translation.